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Posted on September 29, 2024September 29, 2024

09/29/2024 cowpen daisy

The flowers have all started at once now without my noticing until just now.

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Posted on August 18, 2024August 18, 2024

08/18/2024 scarlet pea looking amazing

And there are two other plants that have survived in the red part of rainbow garden! But this one in the rock gardening is rocking it.

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Posted on August 17, 2024August 17, 2024

08/17/2024 rain lily after our gully-washer

We were very pleased to see two blooms on our rain lily plant!

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Posted on August 13, 2024August 11, 2024

08/11/2024 raindrops on cactus

That big rain left everything wet, as rains tend to do.

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Posted on August 11, 2024August 11, 2024

08/11/2024 just a lil rain

We got 5.48” of rain in around 6 hours this morning. It was intense.

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Posted on August 3, 2024August 4, 2024

08/03/2024 the season continues

Mom and Dad were here for a visit today which was nice. A good reason to go out and explore the garden together.

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Posted on June 11, 2024June 21, 2024

06/11/2024 cabbage invasion

Paula chose to harvest our two red cabbages this evening. the little one weighs 227 grams and the big one weighs 480 grams.

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Posted on June 8, 2024June 11, 2024

06/08/2024 bountiful!

The garden was looking scenic this morning.

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Posted on May 11, 2024May 11, 2024

05/11/2024 supposed to rain tonight sadly

Why sadly? Well, it’s good for the new plants I just put out because the forecast is pretty firm about rain, but it’s going to obscure possibilities for more of a rare G5 geomagnetic storm that resulted in the aurora borealis visible FROM OUR DRIVEWAY. Check out the view last night at Texas home on Mom’s blog too!

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Posted on May 7, 2024May 7, 2024

05/07/2024

Spring keeps springing!

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